The Kelvin Club, Peterhouse

  • Home
  • The Kelvin Club, Peterhouse

The Kelvin Club, Peterhouse The Kelvin Club is a scientific society of Peterhouse. The talks are aimed at a general audience and are free! Refreshments are provided. Pesce.

We meet three times per term in Michaelmas and Lent to listen to interesting talks given by scientists, engineers, medics and mathematicians. Peterhouse has a proud history of producing eminent scientists, with alumni including: Charles Babbage, Henry Cavendish, James Clerk Maxwell, Sir Frank Whittle and of course Lord Kelvin. The Kelvin Club exists to promote science within the college and further afield. On fortnightly Tuesdays in Michaelmas and Lent, we present a series of talks delivered by leading academics across a wide spectrum of fields. In the past, topics have included: the mechanics of gyroscopes, anatomical illustration, high energy research at the Large Hadron Collider, and much more. Have a look at our past talks for more information! Meetings are held in the Peterhouse Lubbock Room, unless stated otherwise, and start at 8:30 for 8:45 pm. Please send queries to the email address given on this page, as direct messages to this account are not monitored. The Kelvin Club is funded by a generous endowment from Honorary Fellow Dr. Joseph E. Pesce (matric. 1988) in memory of his late father, Michael J.

Hi everyone,The full Kelvin Club's term card for lent is finally out! Today we will be having Dr Samuel Cabot at college...
18/02/2025

Hi everyone,

The full Kelvin Club's term card for lent is finally out!

Today we will be having Dr Samuel Cabot at college theatre at 8:45pm. Everyone is welcomed to join from 8:30pm for pre-drinks and refreshments at the Lubbock Room.

"Uncommunicative Worlds in our Solar System"
Dr Samuel Cabot
845pm 18th Feb, Peterhouse Theatre

Abstract:
Dr Cabot's talk will cover two outstanding mysteries of our Solar System and how his work at Cambridge aims to solve them:

The first mystery centres on Venus, which may have hosted an Earth-like climate and oceans of liquid water. However, Venus' hostile present conditions make it difficult to determine its ancient climate. Dr Cabot will discuss how ancient Venusian rocks could have been transported to the Moon and the prospects of their recovery. The second mystery surrounds ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object. Since its brief visit in 2017, there remains no consensus on its nature or origin. Dr Cabot will share his contributions to theory surrounding ‘Oumuamua and explain how impact craters or X-ray observations may help illuminate the nature of this enigmatic class of objects.

Speaker Bio:
Dr Samuel Cabot is a Junior Research Fellow at Peterhouse and postdoc at the Institute of Astronomy. He obtained his PhD from Yale University in 2023, which followed a master's degree from University of Cambridge and undergraduate degree from Princeton University. Sam studies planetary science topics spanning Solar System impact cratering and planetary dynamics, with particular interest in opportunities arising from lunar exploration and regolith characterization. He also researches exoplanet detection methods for radial velocity surveys, as well as high-resolution spectroscopy of exoplanet atmospheres.

Looking forward to seeing you!
Yours,

the Kelvin Club committees

21/10/2024

Hi everyone,

The Kelvin Club's first talk of this term will take place tomorrow (Tue) at College Theatre at 845pm. Everyone is welcomed to join us from 830pm at the Lubbock Room for pre-drinks and refreshments!

New Materials for the Green-Energy Transition
Prof. David Fairen-Jimenez
Oct 22 (Tue) 8:45pm Theatre

Abstract:
Porous materials have great potential in the required green-energy transition, including their use in carbon capture and green-hydrogen economy. In particular, the building-block approach of novel porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has opened the possibility to synthesise a virtually infinite number of structures. This creates exciting opportunities, but also raises the question of how to identify and classify MOFs among the plethora of existing crystal structures. At the same time, experimental trial-and-error discovery of materials is not fast enough and therefore it is required to develop new methods. Given the flexibility offered by MOFs and similar reticular materials, we identify two critical questions: can we find a deterministic prediction for materials performance? And, can we translate these predictions to real materials and applications at scale?
Current computational and wet-lab advances on the design of new materials represent a significant step forward in their deployment in real-world industrial applications.

Looking forward to seeing you!
Yours,
the Kelvin Club committees

REMINDER for today’s talk by Dr Alex Borodavka! Free wine, elderflower cordial, and cheese will be served in the Lubbock...
17/10/2023

REMINDER for today’s talk by Dr Alex Borodavka!

Free wine, elderflower cordial, and cheese will be served in the Lubbock Room at 8:30pm, before an 8:45pm start in the Peterhouse Theatre.

All are welcome! Ask the porters for directions if you’re not sure where to go.

Livestream link:

07/03/2023

Unfortunately due to technical difficulties, the kelvin club will not be streaming the talk tonight.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused

No plans on valentine's day?Fear not lonely petrean come down to the kelvin club at 8:30pm, where we will be hosting a t...
08/02/2023

No plans on valentine's day?
Fear not lonely petrean come down to the kelvin club at 8:30pm, where we will be hosting a talk on cosmology by Dr Charlotte Simmonds. Promo material below:

here is the term card for lent,(a little late is better than not at all)
08/02/2023

here is the term card for lent,
(a little late is better than not at all)

The Kelvin Club invites you to it's final event of this term:On the 29th of November Dr Virginia Pedicord will be presen...
25/11/2022

The Kelvin Club invites you to it's final event of this term:

On the 29th of November Dr Virginia Pedicord will be presenting...
"Translaing between mouse and human microbiota research"

Hope to see you all there!

For anyone joining tonight's talk online you can use the link below to join the youtube livestream. You'll be able to wr...
08/11/2022

For anyone joining tonight's talk online you can use the link below to join the youtube livestream. You'll be able to write questions in the livestream chat for the end of the talk.

the Kelvin Club warmly invites you all to come to our second event!On the 15th of November, Dr Katherine Stott will be m...
29/10/2022

the Kelvin Club warmly invites you all to come to our second event!

On the 15th of November, Dr Katherine Stott will be making her talk entitled:
"How disordered proteins shape and regulate the genome"

Here is the Michaelmas term card!We are excited to see lots of you throughout this term, and hope you enjoy these events
16/10/2022

Here is the Michaelmas term card!

We are excited to see lots of you throughout this term, and hope you enjoy these events

The Kelvin Club is pleased to announce our first talk of the year!The event will be on Tuesday the 18th of October at 8:...
13/10/2022

The Kelvin Club is pleased to announce our first talk of the year!
The event will be on Tuesday the 18th of October at 8:30, we hope to see you there

Address


Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Kelvin Club, Peterhouse posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The School

Send a message to The Kelvin Club, Peterhouse:

Shortcuts

  • Want your school to be the top-listed School/college?

Share